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粗熱をとる (あらねつをとる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, godan verb (-ru)
let cool slightly after cooking
Used in cooking to describe letting hot food cool down a bit, often by transferring it to a container or spreading it out. The expression is a set phrase.
たら
、
しゃもじ
で
混ま
ぜ
て
粗あら
熱ねつ
を
とっ
て
ください
。
After cooking rice, stir it with a rice paddle and let it cool slightly.
Written forms 粗あら 熱ねつ をとる
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling. The verb とる is often written in kana in this expression.
粗あら 熱ねつ を 取と る
Kanji spelling for the verb 取る. Less common in this expression but still seen.
あら 熱ねつ をとる
Mixed kana-kanji spelling. あら is sometimes written in kana.
あら 熱ねつ を 取と る
Kana for あら and kanji for 取る. Uncommon combination.
Kanji 熱 heat, temperature, fever Etymology Compound of 粗熱 (あらねつ, 'rough heat', i.e., residual heat) and をとる (を取る, 'to remove'). The expression literally means 'to remove the rough heat', referring to cooling food down from its hottest state.
